The Masquerade (album)

Prior to the album's release, Spotify announced the release of 21 Days, a music podcast which followed Mxmtoon and Cavetown as they worked on the album in New York City.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/streaming/8529737/spotify-mxmtoon-podcast-21-days|title=Spotify Follows '21 Days' in the Life of Up-and-Coming Singer-Songwriter mxmtoon in New Music Podcast|last=Eggertsen|first=Chris|date=September 12, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913045424/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/streaming/8529737/spotify-mxmtoon-podcast-21-days|archive-date=September 13, 2019|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|last=Dredge|first=Stuart|date=September 13, 2019|url=https://musically.com/2019/09/13/spotify-launches-a-podcast-about-musician-mxmtoon/|title=Spotify launches a podcast about musician mxmtoon|work=Musically|access-date=September 14, 2019}} When asked to describe the album with three words in an interview with Urban Outfitters, Mxmtoon described the album as "sad", "evolved" and "universal".{{cite web|title=mxmtoon Reveals Her Alter Ego — Open Up|date=October 11, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isDgXxDkD7o|publisher=Urban Outfitters|via=YouTube|access-date=November 8, 2019}} The album was recorded at Shifted Recording Studio in Brooklyn.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Exclaim!

| rev1score = 7/10{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/mxmtoon-the_masquerade|title=Mxmtoon The Masquerade|last=Yuyitung|first=Matt|date=September 17, 2019|work=Exclaim!|access-date=September 19, 2019}}

| rev2 = Paste

| rev2score = 7.5/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/09/mxmtoon-the-masquerade-review.html|title=mxmtoon Might Be the Songwriter a New Generation Needs|last=Bote|first=Joshua|date=17 September 2019|website=Paste|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920123446/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/09/mxmtoon-the-masquerade-review.html|archive-date=September 20, 2019|url-status = live}}

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Joshua Bote of Paste described the ten-track album as "comforting twee-pop that wrings out genuine pathos from Mxmtoon's internet celebrity." Matt Yuyitung of Exclaim! wrote "[Maia] brings her wry sense of humour and diary-entry lyricism to her debut record, recalling the lo-fi relatability of Frankie Cosmos." NPR's All Songs Considered wrote the album "straddles whimsy and earnest depth."{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761362298/mxmtoon-leaps-from-online-to-make-her-debut|title=mxmtoon Leaps From Online To Make Her Debut|last=Lonsdorf|first=Kat|date=September 17, 2019|website=NPR|access-date=December 23, 2019}}

{{Track listing

| headline = The Masquerade track listing

| total_length = 67:42

| all_writing = Mxmtoon and produced by Mxmtoon and Robin Skinner

| title1 = Unspoken Words

| length1 = 4:06

| title2 = Prom Dress

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Suffice

| length3 = 3:17

| title4 = Blame Game

| length4 = 3:29

| title5 = High & Dry

| length5 = 3:39

| title6 = My TED Talk

| length6 = 3:00

| title7 = Seasonal Depression

| length7 = 2:36

| title8 = Untitled

| length8 = 3:02

| title9 = Dream of You

| length9 = 3:54

| title10 = Late Nights

| length10 = 3:16

| title11 = Unspoken Words

| note11 = acoustic

| length11 = 3:30

| title12 = Prom Dress

| note12 = acoustic

| length12 = 4:23

| title13 = Suffice

| note13 = acoustic

| length13 = 3:45

| title14 = Blame Game

| note14 = acoustic

| length14 = 3:55

| title15 = High & Dry

| note15 = acoustic

| length15 = 3:43

| title16 = My TED Talk

| note16 = acoustic

| length16 = 2:32

| title17 = Seasonal Depression

| note17 = acoustic

| length17 = 2:32

| title18 = Untitled

| note18 = acoustic

| length18 = 3:14

| title19 = Dream of You

| note19 = acoustic

| length19 = 3:37

| title20 = Late Nights

| note20 = acoustic

| length20 = 2:55

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = The Masquerade (The Edits){{Cite web |title=the masquerade (the edits) / mxmtoon|url=https://mxmtoon.bandcamp.com/album/the-masquerade-the-edits-2|access-date=October 30, 2020}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 15:18

| title1 = Late Nights

| extra1 = {{hlist|Alexander 23|Robin Skinner}}

| note1 = Alexander 23 edit

| length1 = 2:54

| title2 = High & Dry

| extra2 = Chloe Moriondo

| note2 = Chloe Moriondo & Shortly edit

| length2 = 3:48

| title3 = Dream of You

| extra3 = {{hlist|Chloe Lilac|Sluggo}}

| note3 = Chloe Lilac edit

| length3 = 3:55

| title4 = Prom Dress

| extra4 = {{hlist|Mxmtoon|Reto Peter}}

| note4 = demo

| length4 = 4:41

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Notes

• All track titles are stylized in all lowercase.

Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|title=the masquerade / mxmtoon|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/112082837|publisher=Tidal|accessdate=November 1, 2019}}

• Mxmtoon – vocals (all tracks), additional producer, music publisher
• Robin Skinner – producer (all tracks)

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